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Adafruit TB6612 1.2A DC/Stepper Motor Driver Breakout Board

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  • TB6612 motor driver with 1.2A per channel
  • 2 full H-bridges means you can drive 2-4 solenoids (only two can be active), two DC motors bi-directionally, or one stepper motor.
  • Runs at 2.7V-5V logic. The motor & logic voltage are separate.
  • Good for motor voltages from 4.5V up to 13.5V
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Spin two DC motors, step one bi-polar or uni-polar stepper, or fire off two solenoids with 1.2A per channel using the TB6612. These are perhaps better known as "the drivers in our assembled Adafruit Motorshield or Motor HAT." We really like these dual H-bridges, so if you want to control motors without a shield or HAT these are easy to include on any solderless breadboard or perma-proto.

We solder on TB6612 onto a breakout board for you here, with a polarity protection FET on the motor voltage input and a pullup on the "standby" enable pin. Each breakout chip contains two full H-bridges (four half H-bridges). That means you can drive 2-4 solenoids (only two can be active at a time, on opposite bridges), two DC motors bi-directionally, or one stepper motor. Just make sure they're good for 1.2 Amp or less of current, since that's the limit of this chip. They do handle a peak of 3A but that's just for a short amount of time, like 20 milliseconds. What we like most about this particular driver is that it comes with built in kick-back diodes internally so you dont have to worry about the inductive kick damaging your project or driver!

There's two digital inputs per H-bridge (one for each half of the bridge) as well as a PWM input per driver so you can control motor speed. Runs at 2.7V-5V logic. The motor voltage is separate from the logic voltage. Good for motor voltages from 4.5V up to 13.5V! This wont work well for 3V motors.

Comes as one assembled and tested breakout plus a small strip of header. You'll need to do some light soldering to attach the header onto the breakout PCB. Arduino, motors, and power supply not included. Check out our handy tutorial on assembly and wiring!

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Customers like the quality, ease of use, performance, and versatility of the single board computer. For example, they mention it works great, is easy to work with, and is convenient to add to projects where space is limited. Some say it's great for small projects and hobby size motors.

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10 customers mention8 positive2 negative

Customers like the quality of the single board computer. They mention it works great, is easy to use, and is solid for its small size. Some say that it works at first shot and has no issues.

"...Otherwise though the TB6612 is a great product and this is too. It's well made and solid for its small size." Read more

"Needed this to test some steppers. worked out well. easy to use" Read more

"This little board is awesome. Worked great on my autonomous mouse project." Read more

"...I ordered 2 and both were defective. Must have been defective parts, bad handling, or some other reason...." Read more

5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

Customers find the single board computer easy to use.

"Needed this to test some steppers. worked out well. easy to use" Read more

"This product was easy to work with and was a great addition to my current project." Read more

"Makes the TB6612 easy to work with. This will drive most small NEMA 17 face stepper motors...." Read more

"I'm running 4 of these and so far no issues. Nice product and easy to work with...." Read more

4 customers mention4 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the performance of the single board computer. They mention that it works well at first, and has no issues with connecting it to a stepper motor. The Adafruit software library works well with the TB6612 and this module.

"...The Adafruit software library works very well with the TB6612 and this module." Read more

"This little board is awesome. Worked great on my autonomous mouse project." Read more

"Wired first one and it worked fine on a stepper for trial. No documentation or good instruction from the site...." Read more

"...Same with this product...worked at first shot...no issues...." Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers like the versatility of the single board computer. They mention it's powerful and small, making it convenient to add to projects where space is limited. They also say it'll be a great addition to their current project and a good driver for hobby size motors.

"Great driver for hobby size motors.Its tiny! In fact its almost too small!..." Read more

"...very efficient in energy usage and is very small making it convenient to add to projects where space is limited." Read more

"This product was easy to work with and was a great addition to my current project." Read more

Perfect for latching water solenoids
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Perfect for latching water solenoids
Needed a driver for a latching water solenoid for a small garden irrigation project, got this working in an afternoon without much hassle, would be happy to order more. Pictured with an ESP8266 MCU, 315MHz RF receiver and key-fob - the TB6612 is on the mini-breadboard top of frame.
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